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(Let There Be Light)
 * DGSB - Fiat Lux**

Dover Grammar School for Boys is a dynamic learning community based on enterprise, challenge and mutual respect where our learners become international citizens and the leaders of the future. Our School Plan is to achieve 5 excellents: 1. Excellent Academic Results 2. Excellent Learning and Teaching 3. Excellent Personal Development 4. Excellent Environment 5. Excellent Teamwork
 * The School Vision Statement**

Fiat Lux is are school motto it translates as let there be light. In Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (or yehiy 'or). Other translations of the same phrase include the Latin phrase fiat lux, and the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φώς (or genēthētō phōs). The phrase comes from the third verse of the book of Genesis in the King James Bible
 * Fiat Lux**

//By John Marriott 1813// //Published initially in the Evangelical magazine// June 1825
 * The School Hymn**

Thou, whose almighty word Chaos and darkness heard And took there flight Hear us, we humbly pray And where the gospel-day Shed not its glorious ray Let there be light

Thou who didst come to bring On thy redeeming wing Healing and sight Health to the sick in mind Sight to the inly blind O now to all mankind Let there be light

Spirit of truth and love Life-giving, holy dove Speed forth thy flight Move on the waters face Bearing the lamp of grace And in earths darkest place Let there be light

Blessed and holy three Glorious trinity Wisdom, love, might Boundless as oceans tide Rolling in fullest pride Through the world far and wide Let there light

Here at Dover Grammar school for boys we are very very lucky to be able to study Latin with the help of two qualified teachers. Dr Cruttenden and Mr (Boris) Haines. However through the Latin books we meet some real Latin people. Out of all the characters in the book there are none more important than the first we meet Caecilius. Lucius Caecilius Lucundus was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii in the first century. His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of Pompeii. It was partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. This house is known for its beauty, along with some material found about bank book-keeping and wax tablets, which were receipts.
 * Caecilius:**